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The European Commission has delivered 10,000 doses of the MVA-BN® vaccine to Uganda to support the country’s response to the ongoing mpox outbreak.
The consignment that arrived in Uganda Tuesday is part of the European Union’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA).
It is part of over 215,000 doses donated by HERA to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to address the current crisis across the African continent.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received 200,000 mpox vaccines in September , while Rwanda received 5,420 mpox vaccines under a similar arrangement in October 2024.
In total, the Commission is coordinating over 605,000 vaccine donations pledged to Africa CDC via a Team Europe approach.
